Reviews by snaotheus:

We were in Skagway as a stop on a cruise, walked around until we found this place. Pretty good sized, but gets busy when there are four cruise ships in town. Even with all the out-of-towners, service was still prompt. Prices were quite reasonable, especially when I consider how much of their business must be tourists. Food's fine, but not exceptional. I had the pulled pork.

Pretty decent selection of styles for a little brewery in a little town. I was impressed with their porter and their barleywine. It's a shame they don't distribute beyond Alaska, but I guess it's also not much of a surprise. (602 characters)

Decent place. I have been here several times. What it has going for it is that it's opened year round unlike the other brewery in town that actually makes a way better AIPA. Anyways, well this place is always a happening place - though I don't have kids, a parent could definitely take their kids here - it's a loud place that muffles children's loudness. Though I always sit at the bar, I practically have to scream to place my order. The service is always good despite a huge crowd almost always. They got other booze there other than beer.My only thing is that they make an average AIPA...The good AIPA is out the road at Gold Rush brewery. I still go back here when my boat pulls into port. (704 characters)

An exceptional staff in a friendly place. The decor is 1900's style mirrored bar, good medium lighting, polished wooden floors, fair to good artwork on the walls, with private dining and party rooms available for reserve. The overall ambiance is comfortable, the staff young and energetic. The food is typical fair, nothing ambitious but all exceptional tastes on the menu.

The location is a good small town locale, the exterior of the building modelled to represent the tradition of the mining community roots. The best time to visit is wintertime when you do not need to shagg off tourists in order to have a place to stand on the sidewalk. And the Spruce Tip ale is in stock, another reason to fire up the dog team and cross the tundra. The staff is friendlier also, and who would not be in a better mood when you are not spending your day running wild trying to keep ahead of the droves of people asking questions you have already answered too many times? Overall, one of my favorite places in small town Alaska. (1,018 characters)

Typical bar setting, it was clean, roomy and easy to walk around. This is a brew pub, and they off a sampler of all there beers for 7$. 5 different beers, all were very solid. The service was great, the bartender was easy to engage convo with. I didn't eat but person beside me ordered a chicken salad and it looked amazing. The gift shop was off to the side, had shirts and glasses, and the person at register was extra nice. There fkagship beer was the sprucetip ale and was very tasty. There ipa and brown ale was solid. There standard beers are as good as 75% of what the micro brewers that bottle put out. A great find, and a true gift being nothing is bottle, so other then by trade or visiting, only what you get to sample. Will stop by again on my next Alaskan visit. (775 characters)

Like most who surely discover this establishment, I came from port via the Alaskan cruise I took with my wife and about a dozen other family. My first stop here was solo, as I hadn't booked any of the morning excursions anyone else in my crew had. I was a free man for about half a day, so best to head for local craft beer that I became aware of thanks to a commercial which played on our stateroom TV on board the ship. I bellied up, was greeted warmly by a bar tender who it turns out was my age (a milestone in conversation for me as I'm all about getting in and out, especially since i had a fishing charter booked for early afternoon). But hey it's vacation. She agreed with me I should try the Spruce Tip Ale, but as I noticed the wall sign advertising a flight of about 5 of their brews, I decided on sampling more than just the spruce. Impressed, yes. Thirsty, yes (cruise ships offer mediocrity as far as beer, in case you're not aware). All 5 beers I enjoyed, most so the Spruce Tip and also the IPA. The pale ale was refreshing as well. In hindsight, I wish I had sampled the barleywine, but this wasn't even 11am and I had a full day of fun for which to remain energetic. The fish and chips was my logical choice for trying Alaska's local grilled fare. Best I recall having to date; I demolished the fish and the tasty fries. The other fellow tourist from Iowa next to me agreed that the Spruce Tip was the best of the sampler (it was almost a tie for me with the IPA, with the brown ale trailing the lot). Behind-the-bar service was attentive at first, but it eventually became more "distracted" as a lunch crowd entered. After this filling "brunch", I made my salmon fishing charter meetup back at the docks, and persuaded the family to return there for dinner late that afternoon before the ship re embarked. Everyone in my group who had the fish and chips had no regrets. Dinner service was well-staffed and handled in the dining room. Connected gift shop offers brewery merchandise. The only issue was the distance (end of town), but this won't be an issue for anyone who likes to call themselves active. There are shuttles back to the port for all others. (2,174 characters)

Like most people my visit to Skagway was via cruise ship. Skagway has an old-time gold-rush theme which is ruined by the presence of dozens of tanzanite (and ammonite and alexandrite and meteorite and dynamitatite, etc) jewelry stores. It's hard to imagine a more blatant money grab of a town. So any BA cruisers visiting Skagway will definitely want to visit Skagway Brewing to escape the mind-numbing shopping strip.

The place was packed with cruisers, mostly men who were probably like myself - refugees from their wive's delighted shopping frenzies. A fair amount of friendly locals were on hand as well. I found a seat at the bar and service was extremely prompt. They had a solid selection of beers on tap and I managed to down two pints plus a sampler flight of four more. I wouldn't say any were outstanding, but all fit the category of "damn good." I especially liked the Oosik Stout. Food was above average bar fare. Overall a great visit and the best beer joint I found on any of our port calls between Whittier and Vancouver. (1,039 characters)

Stopped by Skagway Brewing during one of our cruise stops last week. We had been in Juneau the day before and tried going to Alaskan but got there too late, so Skagway was the only brewery we were able to stop by during the cruise. As it turned out, it wasn't half bad. The town looks like the Knott's Berry Farm ghost town, but it definitely has some character. I was glad to find the brewery at the end of town so that it wasn't as packed with tourists as most of the other shops in town. The service was good and the beers weren't jaw dropping, but they were solid and it was great to try something new. I would definitely recommend stopping by if you're in Skagway. (669 characters)

After stopping in 3 ports on an Alaskan Cruise, I was looking for a decent place to get a beer, and not have to deal with the "bordello themed" tourist places. Skagway brewing was at the edge of the tourist part of town, and fit my needs perfectly. Simple place with great beer. One of the locals said that this is the place where they go. Excellent beers. Had the Pale Ale, Brown, and Spruce tip. All three were very good. I didn't have the food, so can't comment. My daughter, wife, and Mother-in-Law all liked the beers, which is a first! (541 characters)

I have visited Skagway a number of times, though always in the Spring and late Fall. Certainly not the most amazing atmosphere, but not bad. The great service, friendly staff and other patrons make up for anything lacking. They offer a pretty decent selection of brews, my favorites has almost always been the darker ones. Pretty memorable stout. The food is good, better and ore varied than most while traveling through this part of the woods.

Overall, it is a great place to visit if you are in the area, worth detouring the 90 or so miles to Skagway by road. It is a very reasonable value as well. (602 characters)

Had the pleasure of stumbling across this place, nearly at the end of the road where all tourists roam around when in town. It has the typical brewpub atmosphere, bar and a few tables, quite small, with an adjoining store. Service was polite and friendly, just like everything and everybody in town, but one of the waitresses seemed to know her stuff reasonably well. Good prices, and impressive beer; the sampler is a good way to start, but the barleywine and stout that are not included are worth a shot as well - see my upcoming reviews. I would go back if this was not so far; it is not just a good spot for a small town, but rather a very good brewpub. Recommended. (673 characters)